On June 10, 2021, OSHA issued its long-awaited emergency temporary standard (ETS), which requires certain healthcare employers to implement a number of policies and procedures to protect their employees from COVID-19. Some...more
As previously reported in EmployNews, the American Rescue Plan Act provides “assistance eligible individuals” with the option to receive fully-subsidized COBRA coverage from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021....more
4/16/2021
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The American Rescue Plan Act signed into law on March 11 includes an overlooked but valuable benefit for employees who have lost employment and access to a group health plan – up to six months of fully subsidized COBRA...more
3/19/2021
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President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law Thursday. While the latest COVID-19 aid package is missing some of the dramatic employment law changes in the House’s original version, such as a $15...more
On December 27, President Donald Trump signed the latest coronavirus relief package into law. Among the more than 5,000 pages of text are three provisions that will impact employers in 2021....more
The new federal CARES Act provides eligible employers with a quarterly refundable payroll tax credit equal to 50 percent of certain wages paid between March 12, 2020 and January 2, 2021 (not to exceed $10,000 with respect to...more
On March 18, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act became law. It takes effect on April 2 and includes a wide variety of provisions that will impact employers. Below is our summary of key parts of the law...more